[anthonypasq]

written language is just much more information dense than talking. the goal of writing is to distill someones thinking into the most effective vehicle to transfer it without time constraints.

i imagine cultures that refined oral histories over generations ended up at a similar place, but that doesnt really happen nowadays. It really is true that instead of listening to a 3 hour podcast about a topic, you could probably get all that info within 30 minutes of reading.